HIV/AIDS Research

AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) was first reported in the United States in 1981, and has since become a major worldwide epidemic. AIDS is caused by HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). More than 900,000 cases of AIDS have been reported in the United States since 1981. As many as 950,000 Americans may be infected with HIV, one-quarter of whom are unaware of their infection. The epidemic is growing most rapidly among minority populations and is a leading killer of African-American males ages 25 to 44. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), AIDS affects nearly seven times more African Americans and three times more Hispanics than whites. At Hopkins, general internists work closely with their colleagues in infectious disease to treat and investigate HIV/AIDS with particular attention to 1) the organization, costs, and quality of care; 2) comorbid medical and mental illness in people with HIV/AIDS; and 3) metabolic complications of antiretroviral therapy.

Information about the faculty working in this research area and their projects is provided below.

Mary Catherine Beach, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine, and Health, Behavior and Society
Core Faculty, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research
Research Interests: Patient-provider relationship and communication in primary care, in the treatment of HIV, and in the treatment of sickle cell disease, respect, bioethics
Link to publication abstracts: PubMed.

Geetanjali Chander, MD, MPH 
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Co-Director, GIM Fellowship Program
Research Interests: Alcohol use, substance abuse, and Hepatitis C in people with HIV
To see publication abstracts: PUBMED

Joseph Cofrancesco, Jr., MD, MPH, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Clinician-Educator Mentoring and Scholarship Program
Director, Institute for Excellence in Education
Medical Director, Moore Clinic at Green Spring Station
Director, HIV Lipodystrophy and Metabolic Complications Clinic
Research Interests: Lipodystrophy and its treatment in people with HIV
To see publication abstracts: PUBMED

Richard Moore, MD, MHSc
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Chief Exective Officer, Moore Clinic for HIV Care
Research Interests: Health services and outcomes research in HIV/AIDS
To see publication abstracts: PUBMED

Albert Wu, MD, MPH
Professor of Health Policy and Management, Epidemiology, International Health, Medicine and Surgery
Director, Johns Hopkins DEcIDE Center for comparative effectiveness research
Research Interests: Patient safety, comparative effectiveness research, patient-reported outcomes, quality of care, HIV
To see publication abstracts: PUBMED

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